IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
• "Front Porch Chat from Shellie"
• "Chuckles" Southern joke of the week
• "A Taste of the South" Southern recipe of the week
• "It's Been Said..." Southern Quote of the week
•
"Southern Comfort" Inspiration from my heart to yours
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"Blond by Birth Complicates Communication"
Hello folks, grab yourself a comfortable spot on the porch
and let's chat…~smile~
They say a lot of relationships, professional and personal, are
suffering from a failure in communication that can be traced to
email. I don’t think computers are totally to blame. Miscommunication
has long been a part of my world.
Years ago I worked at Minsky’s drugstore after school along with
my sister, Rhonda, and our cousin, Carol. One evening a football
player from our local high school approached the counter where
we girls were whiling away the hours until closing time. He seemed
terribly embarrassed to make his request but finally, after much
stuttering and stammering he managed to ask if we sold (and I’m
trying to be delicate here) athletic support straps.
Unfortunately, my blond-by-birth sister understood only a word of
his mumbled request. “Strap?” she said, all puzzled like. Then her
face lit up as a light came on — the wrong light, mind you, but a
light none-the-less. “Oh! Like a collar!” she said.
And with that Rhonda somehow jumped to the conclusion that
the fellow needed a dog collar. To the paralyzing shame of her
customer and the delight of those of us witnessing the following
exchange, Rhonda began a detailed and lengthy description of
the variety of items we had on hand, even pointing out our
best-sellers.
The young man took in Rhonda’s sales pitch with the classic deer-
in-the-headlights look as she described leather ones, colored ones,
and even ones with small bells and metal studs. When Rhonda
finally paused, her customer took a deep breath and announced
that she seemed to have misunderstood. Speaking slowly and
clearly, he repeated his request. “I need an athletic strap.”
“OH, right,” Rhonda said, and promptly sunk behind the register,
leaving one of us to close the deal—which wasn’t right and I told
her so after Carol rang the customer up and he left with his purchase.
“Rhonda”, I said, “You owe Carol a favor. She might not be an
athlete, but at least she was willing to be an athletic supporter!”
Y'all have a great big God day. I'll be around. Drop me a note if
you've got something on your mind.
Hugs,
Shellie
*******CLOSEOUT SALE*******CLOSEOUT SALE*******CLOSEOUT SALE
ATS is closing out the white and black t-shirts in preparation for a new
line. More on that later. Right now, I want to give back to all of my sweet
porchers. So, in appreciation of your support in helping me raise the
money for our Water from the Porch Drive, I've decided to offer the black
and white t-shirts to y'all at a fantastic prize. I hope you'll be able to use
this sale to grab some early Christmas presents! In addition, I'm going
to discount the "Lesson Learned on Bull Run Road" audio books, too!
While supplies last, the t-shirts and the audio books will be $10.00 each
with FREE shipping. How's that for a pair of real deals? Happy shopping, friends!
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